Great British Cars often forgotten
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spoodler said:
Is Scotland a part of Great Britain, or do I need to keep up with current political developments? Anyhow, the Argyll...
As this thread has been resurrected, that was a re-launch of the original Argyll name from an even longer forgotten original Argyll Motors who built cars back at the turn of the last century. Part of the factory still existing, being the rather grand façade of the Loch Lomond shopping centre just north of Glasgow. When I did some survey work on it (about 15 years ago) there was still a small museum in the Ground floor which included photos of the factory when it was making cars, and then when it was making torpedoes for the war. There are houses on the site of the actual factory behind although the façade is still pretty impressive.nicanary said:
Etypephil said:
Google Images. I entered RGS Atalanta coupe, and there it was.
Wemyss (was Sandy Wemyss, who established Micron Plastics ie Microplas).
Woodhouse (was Bill Woodhouse, later to become famed for forming Tornado Cars Ltd with Anthony Bullen in 1958.
Anyone remember this?
The Voodoo.
Prototype was shown at the 71 Motor Show, but it never got anywhere. The idea originally was for two to be built (Imp powered) for its designer John Arnold and friend Geoff Neale, one each. At the show a backer stepped in to aid with a production run. Then the oil crisis came, the backer disappeared and tragedy struck when Arnold died in a car crash. Two were built with a third under way.
I saw the car pictured below on several occasions in the 70s and 80s at meetings usually attended by Ginetta G15s and Clan Crusaders and other Imp motivated cars.
The Voodoo.
Prototype was shown at the 71 Motor Show, but it never got anywhere. The idea originally was for two to be built (Imp powered) for its designer John Arnold and friend Geoff Neale, one each. At the show a backer stepped in to aid with a production run. Then the oil crisis came, the backer disappeared and tragedy struck when Arnold died in a car crash. Two were built with a third under way.
I saw the car pictured below on several occasions in the 70s and 80s at meetings usually attended by Ginetta G15s and Clan Crusaders and other Imp motivated cars.
ClaphamGT3 said:
I think that the Feltham Aston’s are often overlooked
Well said that man! Lighter than the DB4/5/6 successors and with a twin cam 3 litre engine performs well. Good looking for a '50s design, especially the MkIII which espoused the old fashioned wooden dashboard and with its grill shape set the tone for the '60s Astons. I bought mine 12 years ago when DB6s were the same price and I still think I made the right decision. 
RichB said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
I think that the Feltham Aston’s are often overlooked
Well said that man! Lighter than the DB4/5/6 successors and with a twin cam 3 litre engine performs well. Good looking for a '50s design, especially the MkIII which espoused the old fashioned wooden dashboard and with its grill shape set the tone for the '60s Astons. I bought mine 12 years ago when DB6s were the same price and I still think I made the right decision. Later I'll post a pic of my father's old one, post a completely unsympathetic restoration at the Aston Workshop (in fairness, I think that they were only following the instructions of a complete vulgarian client)
Edited by ClaphamGT3 on Saturday 20th July 22:32
dandarez said:
RGS fibreglass bodyshells were made by Wemyss Woodhouse for Dick Shattock's company RGS Automobile Components Ltd, based in Windsor, Berks.
Wemyss (was Sandy Wemyss, who established Micron Plastics ie Microplas).
Woodhouse (was Bill Woodhouse, later to become famed for forming Tornado Cars Ltd with Anthony Bullen in 1958.
This got me digging about and I came across this site. http://martynmorganjones.com/tornadoWemyss (was Sandy Wemyss, who established Micron Plastics ie Microplas).
Woodhouse (was Bill Woodhouse, later to become famed for forming Tornado Cars Ltd with Anthony Bullen in 1958.
Nerdherder said:
bucksmanuk said:
RodMod said:
Triumph Italia (or TR3B)
Rod.
Rod.
I've never heard of that one before, what a truly beautiful car
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
ClaphamGT3 said:
Exquisite - I'm sure I test drove that very car at Runnymedes in 2001 - incredibly now, it seemed rather expensive at £40k.......
Wouldn't have been this one, I bought it from an older chap in The Wirral who also had a pre-war MkII and a DB6. He'd owned the DB MkIII since the early '70s. He was "thinning out " his collection. 
RichB said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
Exquisite - I'm sure I test drove that very car at Runnymedes in 2001 - incredibly now, it seemed rather expensive at £40k.......
Wouldn't have been this one, I bought it from an older chap in The Wirral who also had a pre-war MkII and a DB6. He'd owned the DB MkIII since the early '70s. He was "thinning out " his collection. Is yours a DBA or DBD spec?
Pericoloso said:
Reading up on the aforementioned Triumph Italia I'm trying to decide the % that is Triumph and how much is
Vignale and Italian.
TR3 chassis and mechanical components were supplied by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom, seeVignale and Italian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Italia
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